Red mage was completely REMADE for this game, it will not be like the other games, yoshi said he felt like the red mage from other games would not fit. this job we weren't even going to get in the beginning, originally they where planing for oracle which was also going to be completely remade for this game. he wanted them to be unique to this game. red mage was also a last second job pick for who would be the second class. he said they almost didn't even put in a second job because they couldn't decide.